Improvement in baggage-checks



L. o.'corTLE.

Baggage Check.

No. 122,994. Patntedjama, 1812.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

LUTE O. COTTLE, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHTTO DAVID WORMLEY AND GEORGE L. STEARNS, OF SAME PLACE.

f v IMPROVEMENT IN BAGGAGE-CHECKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,994, dated January23, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTE O. COTTLE, of the city of Cedar Rapids, in thecounty of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented a new, useful, andImproved Combination Reversible Baggage-Check 3 and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing making a part of this specication and to the figuresmarked thereon, in which- Figure lis the front view; Fig. 2, thereversible side; Fig. 3, the front side of dial; Fig. 4, the reversibleside of the dial; and Fig. 5, a sectional view on line .fr .r of Fig. 1,showing the manner of stopping the dial.

To enable others skilled in the art Vto make and use my invention, Iwill proceed describe its construction and operation.

B is a dial-plate, made round or any other shape desired, either ofmetal or any other suitable materal; said dial having figures orcharacters upon both sides to denote stations on the road upon which itis to be used. This dial is also provided with a hole, c, opposite eachfigure or character, for apurpose`to be hereinafter described. The dialB is pivoted between two metal side plates, D and E, by a pin, s. Theseside plates are securely fastened together at their lower ends by rivetsA. One of them, E, is provided with a pin, c, on its inside. They areleft loose at their upper ends so that the one having the pin c, by itselasticity, can be sprung in and out of any of the holes a in the dial,for the purpose of holding said dial in any position required. They arealso provided with slots I, so that the figure or character comingbefore the exposed slots is to denote the station the baggage havingthis check is destined for. These side plates are The operation of thischeck is as follows:V

When the check is to be used all that is required is to spring the pinout from the hole which it is in, and then turn the dial around untilthe figure or character which denotes the station the baggage isdestined for comes in front of the slot I, when the pin c will spring inthe hole a opposite the igure or character, and hold the dial firmly inplace. The strap for fastening the check to the baggage is then passedup the reverse side of the check so as to cover the station which wouldbe otherwise seen through the slot I on the reverse side of thedial.

Claim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A baggage-check, B, having upon it faces figures or characters, asshown, and provided with holes a, pivoted between side plates D and E,one of which is provided with an iuwardly-projecting pin, c, to engagewith the holes a and the strap K, all combined and arranged as and forthe purpose described.

LUTE O. COTTLE.

Witnesses EDWIN H. TAYLOR, RIGHE. CORNISH.

